Changes to Immigration coming soon.

Do you have a source for this information so members can research?

Cheers, Steve.

Sorry for not sourcing.  It was a random click that brought it to my attention after reading about it a couple of years ago.  It is a bill currently in the Philippines Senate about the Bureau of Immigration Modernization Act.  SBN 1649, dated 2019.

I read on the Philippines BI website that they will fast track it this year.  Who knows what revisions or amendments will be added before passing.

wrevans02 wrote:

It is a bill currently in the Philippines Senate about the Bureau of Immigration Modernization Act.  SBN 1649, dated 2019.

I read on the Philippines BI website that they will fast track it this year.

To read the whole bill, all 79 pages of a .pdf go here:

legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3309929925!.pdf

After reading 30 or so pages I got bored and stopped.

I've never heard of anything fast tracking in the Philippines. If it should become law, the enactment date will be in the future, so plenty of time to make plans.

Until then you might want to Google: How to get a visa for the Philippines? Many of the websites say the same thing. The easiest to understand is here:

https://www.tikigo.com/philippines-visa/

If the moderators place the link under review, then Google: How How to get a visa for the Philippines? Click on the tikigo website.

Omo : I'm sure most of us pay much higher taxes just for our basic cigarette/alcohol consumption in our own home countries.
Lets say in 3yrs that could easily be over usd $10-20k (the cost of a SRRV) & then having to deep freeze that money in a local bank (c/o : PRA) that claims they will pay you a yearly interest (I look at it as a form of insurance policy for my partner/kids on my demise) & then there is the previlage to :
a) Remain single.   
b) Need not visit any local immigration office ever again nor worry about the express lane/late charge fee/transport costs nor ever worry about any new immigration regulation/policy that may/may not require you to show proof of income/bank account to show you have sufficient funds for your planned extended stay or any other extra costs/headaches.
c) Exempted from aquiring an ACR.
d) Need not purchase any more throw away flight tickets.
e) All that to me is the price I'd pay for my Fffffrrrrrreeeeedddddoooommmmm.
Again omo.

Adding to that is a bill with even more to read is house bill 7680 with the same title.  Again, my apologies for not posting proper sources earlier.

Thailand is doing this as well.

Too many freeloaders and hobo backpackers.

I read half of this proposed bill last night,,,,,, zzzzzzzz, the rest this morning and saw no indication of any of the changes from the OP.
Further to this I looked at HB7680 and this is the easiest explanation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjqySx0881w

These are proposed changes and not enacted yet.

OMO.

Cheers, Steve.

manwonder wrote:

Omo : I'm sure most of us pay much higher taxes just for our basic cigarette/alcohol consumption in our own home countries.
Lets say in 3yrs that could easily be over usd $10-20k (the cost of a SRRV) & then having to deep freeze that money in a local bank (c/o : PRA) that claims they will pay you a yearly interest (I look at it as a form of insurance policy for my partner/kids on my demise) & then there is the previlage to :
a) Remain single.   
b) Need not visit any local immigration office ever again nor worry about the express lane/late charge fee/transport costs nor ever worry about any new immigration regulation/policy that may/may not require you to show proof of income/bank account to show you have sufficient funds for your planned extended stay or any other extra costs/headaches.
c) Exempted from aquiring an ACR.
d) Need not purchase any more throw away flight tickets.
e) All that to me is the price I'd pay for my Fffffrrrrrreeeeedddddoooommmmm.
Again omo.

Probably off topic but Agree manwonder and honestly never looked at it that way, freedom wins the day.
We used to spend more on cigarets alone in Australia (over AU 20K) than it costs us to live here every thing included annually.
Living in Oz we would easily spend AU 70K   on living yearly, no mortgage or loans, living costs, yes running a few cars and a reasonable lifestyle. Here? A great lifestyle (aside from the regular frustrations we all encounter here) 1 car, 2 bikes etc.
The savings in 7 or 8 months alone pays the 20K  deposit and application fees.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Cheers, Steve.

Well then I stand corrected. It appears my understanding is a misunderstanding and completely  inaccurate.

wrevans02 wrote:

Well then I stand corrected. It appears my understanding is a misunderstanding and completely  inaccurate.

Easy at times to overlook the facts but the better man admits this, been there a few times myself.

Good thing is we are all on the same page now and no need to panic. Thanks for raising this important topic as I'm sure there were many anxious expats out there wondering.

Cheers, Steve.

I am very pleased with being wrong about something for once.  I have a family in Philippines so this would have been a major burden.  Lesson learned. Next time, I will check YouTube as well.

no more visa on arrival for all passport

mikebrant1973 wrote:

no more visa on arrival for all passport

That missunderstanding is corrected above